Tim Shriver Named a Health Equity Champion

Karl Hejlik | Jun 11, 2013

Each
quarter, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention honors an
extraordianary individual who has worked to bring health care to otherwise
marginalized populations. This summer, the agency named Special Olympics
Chairman and CEO Timothy Shriver a Health Equity Champion. "The discourse of
equity requires that we renegotiate how opportunities for health and wellbeing
are structured educationally, politically, and socially. We are pleased to honor
Dr. Timothy Shriver for his efforts to promote a policy and culture that
understands, supports, and integrates people with disabilities in the workings
of all aspects of our society," said Leandris Liburd, Associate Director for
Minority Health and Health Equity at
CDC.